Research Article

Adaptive PVD Steganography Using Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal Edges in Six-Pixel Blocks

Table 1

Results of existing techniques.

Images
512 × 512
Swain’s 2 × 2-pixel block adaptive PVD [13] Luo et al.’s 1 × 3-pixel block adaptive PVD [12]
PSNRCapacityBPBPSNRCapacityBPB

Lena45.0413411910.9991.7048.792290370.9990.29
Baboon47.1314899450.9991.8948.036111970.9990.77
Peppers45.7313502510.9991.7148.322640580.9990.33
Jet44.8612676900.9991.6148.761457550.9990.18
Boat46.0814249670.9991.8148.203895880.9990.49
House43.5813399850.9991.7048.412594130.9990.32
Tiffany45.2313414980.9991.7048.701658730.9990.21
Average45.3713650750.9991.6148.452949880.9990.37